Business Continuity Plan Templates
You need to write a business continuity plan. Where do you start? While of course we recommend enlisting a trusted consultancy such as Lootok to help you in this daunting task, many companies may wish to adapt an available online BCP template, or at least view some sample plans to get an idea of what they want in their business continuity plan. To save you some time, we've collected templates and examples that are available for free here. When you're ready for help, contact us to let us tell you how we can make this easy.
Free Business Continuity Plan Templates and Samples:
Ready.gov - Business Continuity Preparedness Advice
Ready.gov offers an introduction to the requirements for business continuity management, including advice on preparing a risk assessment, business impact analysis, emergency response plan, crisis communication plan, business continuity plan, IT disaster recovery plan, incident management plan and more. They offer these worksheets to be completed as part of the process:
Continuity Central: Sample Business Resumption Plan
This is a business continuity plan sample from continuitycentral.com.
SearchDisasterRecovery.com Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Templates
These templates, written by business continuity expert and Lootok consultant Paul Kirvan, are targeted toward specific components of a business continuity program:
FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) - Small Introducing Firm Business Continuity Plan
FINRA is providing a template as an optional guide to small introducing firms to assist them in fulfilling their need to create and maintain business continuity plans (BCPs) and emergency contact person lists under FINRA Rule 4370. The template recognizes that many small introducing firms rely on parts of a clearing firm’s BCP for many of the mission critical functions of the introducing firm. The template also contains instructions, relevant rules and Web sites, and other resources that are useful for developing a BCP for a small introducing firm.
Inc.com Business Continuity Plan Template
This template has been provided by the Emergency Planning Team, Bridgend County Borough Council for use by local businesses in preparing their Business Continuity Plan.
Texas A&M University Sample Business Continuity Plan
Departmental business continuity plan provided by the University-Wide Risk Management program at Texas A&M.
University of Connecticut Business Continuity Plan
This plan, written for departments at the University of Connecticut, is available for free.
Mazzone & Associates, Inc. Sample Business Continuity Plan
This PDF is a real business continuity plan available as a sample online.
Putnam County Chamber Business Continuity Plan
A business continuity plan template from the Putnam County Chamber.
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Infotech Contingency Planning Policy Template
This site promises a free template if you register with your email address. This Contingency Planning Policy Template includes the following sections:
- Default policy statements that define what the enterprise must do
- Default procedures that define how the enterprise must do it
- Baseline recommendations to customize the template to individual enterprise requirements
Quantivate Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Plan Template
Quantivate promises a free template if you sign up for a 60-minute webinar.
DisasterRecovery.org Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Plan Template
Promises a free business continuity & disaster recovery template if you fill in a web form with your contact information.
